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Species Corticivora parva - Hodges#3446.2

Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Tortricoidea (Tortricid Moths)
Family Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Subfamily Olethreutinae
Genus Corticivora
Species parva (Corticivora parva - Hodges#3446.2 )
Hodges Number
3446.2
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Corticivora parva Brown, 1984 (1)
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet is Latin meaning "small."
Size
Brown (1984) listed the forwing length 3.0-4.75 mm. (1)
Identification
Range
Heppner (2003) reported the range to include Massachusetts to Florida, Missouri to Texas. (2)
Holotype ♂ from Devil's Den St Pk, Washington] County, Arkansas, 24-VI-1966, R.W. Hodges. (1)
Season
The main flight period appears to be March to August.
Heppner (2003) reported March to May in Florida. (2)
Food
Heppner (2003) listed the host unknown. (2)
Print References
Brown, R.L., 1984. Review of Corticivora (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) with analysis of its tribal relationships and description of new species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 86: 279; figs. 1-4, 8. (1)